This is a special book about special people.  People who have loved me, and whom I have loved.  People who have brought me joy beyond measure, and sometimes incredible pain.  People I have hurt, sometimes more than I can bear to think about.  People who have hurt me, sometimes more than they know.  Yet each of their gifts has been precious, each moment treasured, each face, each smile, each victory,...

In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and contoversial writers.Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works.

From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All Eyez on U," written for Tupac

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A celebration of girls and women in a three part poetry collection that is powerful, hopeful, authentic, and universal.

The touching and powerful poems included in this volume tell the story of Jim and his wife Katherine and how they lovingly deal with life, dying, and death. The poems tell the story of one man's deep and loyal love. They offer brilliant insight and poignant honesty that is peppered with pragmatism. Within these pages, you'll find a healing spiritual power that transcends death and ultimately emerges into a triumphant statement of living faith.

In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire. Sometimes controversial, sometimes ethereal, but always beautiful, her poems move readers of all hues and generations. With Bicycles, she's collected poems that serve as a companion to her 1997 Love Poems. An instant classic,...

Fifty-nine poems about love--romantic, friendly, familial--and the loss of love.